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Flattop Crab

Petrolisthes eriomerus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 44, February 41, March 64, April 75, May 116, June 101, July 80, August 71, September 63, October 50, November 40, December 41.
Canada786
British Columbia786
United States712
Washington589
Alaska135
California84
Oregon38
Maine1

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyPorcelain Crabs · Porcellanidae
GenusPetrolisthes

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